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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Ascomycota
Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina
Classis: Lecanoromycetes
Subclassis: Lecanoromycetidae
Ordo: Lecanorales

Familia: Parmeliaceae
SubFamilia: Parmelioideae
Genus: Melanelia
Species: M. agnata – M. culbersonii – M. hepatizon – M. pseudoglabra – M. stygia – M. subaurifera
Name

Melanelia Essl., 1978

Type Species: Melanelia stygia (L.) Essl., 1978
References

Esslinger, TL (1978) A new status for the brown Parmeliae. - Mycotaxon 7: 45–54. (RLL List # 100 / Rec.# 5207 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Complete article)

Ahti, T.; Brodo, I.M. and Noble, W.J. (1987) Contributions to the lichen flora of British Columbia, Canada. - Mycotaxon 28: 91–97. (RLL List # 129-4 / Rec.# 252 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (Web site)

Brodo, I.M., Sharnoff, S.D. and Sharnoff, S. (2001) Melanelia (pp. 430-441) In, Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, 795 pages. (RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22465 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (The Book)

Blanco, O.; Crespo, A.; Divakar, P.K.; Esslinger, T.L.; Hawksworth, D.L. and Lumbsch, H.T. (2004) Melanelixia and Melanohalea, two new genera segregated from Melanelia (Parmeliaceae) based on molecular and morphological data. - Mycological Research 108(8): 873–884. (RLL List # 197 / Rec.# 26150 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (PDF file)

Esslinger, T.L. (1992) The brown Parmelia type specimens of A. N. Oxner. - Lichenologist 24(1): 13–20. (RLL List # / Rec.# 5231 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (doi:10.1017/S0024282992000057)

Esslinger, T.L. (2002) Melanelia (pp. 274-286) In: Nash III, T.H., Ryan, B.D, Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 1. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 532 pages. (RLL List # 187 / Rec.# 23080 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

Goward, T., McCune, B. & Meidinger, D.V. 1994. The lichens of British Columbia - Illustrated Keys - Part 1 - Foliose and Squamulose Species. Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Forests Research Program, 181 pp. (RLL List # 156 / Rec.# 6950 - Recent Literature on Lichens) [1] Reference page. : Melanelia (pp. 74-83)

Hinds, J.W. and Hinds, P.L. (2007) Melanelia Essl., 1978 (pp. 305-321) In, The Macrolichens of New England. - Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden No. 96. New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, New York. 584 pp.

Purvis, O.W. and James, P.W. (1992) Parmelia Ach., 1803 (pp. 421-437) In: Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. and Moore, D.M. (eds.) The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Natural History Museum Publication, 710 pp. (RLL List # 151 / Rec.# 15105 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

Thell, A. (1995) A new position of the Cetraria commixta group in Melanelia (Ascomycotina, Parmeliaceae). - Nova Hedwigia 60(3-4): 407–422. (RLL List # 159 / Rec.# 18402 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

Thomson, J.W. (1984) Parmelia Ach. (pp. 295-318). In, American Arctic Lichens: 1. The Macrolichens. Columbia University Press, New York, 504 pages. (RLL List # 124-96 / Rec.# 18494 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

Thomson, J.W. (2003) Melanelia Essl. (pp. 140-144) In, Lichens of Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Herbarium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 386 pages. (RLL List # 190 / Rec.# 24161 - Recent Literature on Lichens)

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Vernacular names
English: Camouflage lichens, Brown lichens, Melanelia lichens
日本語: タカネゴケ属

Melanelia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Parmeliaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by Ted Esslinger in 1978.[2]
Species

Melanelia commixta (Nyl.) A.Thell (1995)
Melanelia hepatizon (Ach.) A.Thell (1995)
Melanelia microglabra Divakar, Upreti, G.P.Sinha & Elix (2003)[3] – India
Melanelia pseudoglabra (Essl.) Essl. (1978)
Melanelia stygia (L.) Essl. (1978)

References

Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; LKT, Al-Ani; S, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; Tsurykau, Andrei; Mesic, Armin; Navathe, Sudhir; Papp, Viktor; Oliveira Fiuza, Patrícia; Vázquez, Víctor; Gautam, Ajay; Becerra, Alejandra G.; Ekanayaka, Anusha; K. C., Rajeshkumar; Bezerra, Jadson; Matočec, Neven; Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa; Suetrong, Satinee (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
Esslinger TL. (1978). "A new status for brown Parmeliae". Mycotaxon. 7 (1): 45–54.
Divakar, P.K.; Upreti, D.K.; Sinha, G.P.; Elix, J.A. (2003). "New species and records in the lichen family Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota) from India". Mycotaxon. 88: 149–154.

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